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Sullivan County Missouri - No Place Like It!

Sullivan County, Missouri is nestled into the gently rolling hills of North Central Missouri. Conveniently located with main traffic flows on Highways 5 and 6 and centrally located to Kirksville and Trenton, East to West, and Centerville, Iowa and Brookfield, Missouri North to South. It's central location makes it a perfect "Destination Point" for many wonderful Historical Sites, Beautiful Courthouses, State Parks, and Recreational Activities, making for some wonderful Day Trips from the County. Sullivan County proudly claims ownership of some of the BEST hunting, fishing, animal watching, and photography spots in Missouri.

Sullivan County, Missouri has all the necessary amenities, including a wonderful Hospital, Air-Evac, Ambulance Service, Full Time and Volunteer Fire Service, Easy Highway Access, Shopping, Churches, Wonderful Schools, Senior Activities Centers, Clubs and Organizations, Community Centers, Banks, Lodging, Auto Repair Facilities, A Small Airport, Library, Movie Theatre, Bowling Alley, Golf Course, Museum, Historical Society, and Community Parks. All other amenities you could ever hope for, are within an easy two hour drive,

making it a perfect spot to relocate, do business and visit. Come enjoy our pride in Heritage, and friendly small town atmosphere.

The Missouri Legislature defined boundaries of Highland County during the session of 1842-43, but there was not sufficient population to permit full organization so it remained attached to Linn County for Civil and Military purposes. By 1844 the State Census showed enough population to fully form the county. E.M.C. Morelock, a representative from Highland County, which was still attached to Linn County, had an act approved on February 14, 1845 organizing Sullivan County. The County was named for Revolutionary War Soldier, General Sullivan.

Many of our local communities were formed between 1845 and 1900, several of the earliest homes in the county still stand today and many of the earliest records from the County's beginning are archived in our County Courthouse. The County Seat is centrally located in Milan, which boasts one of the oldest, original town squares in the area, with some of the buildings being nearly 140 years old.

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Harris | To Full List Of Communites

The following information was recieved by email from Linda Cook Chandler and her grandson. Thank You both!
     Harris, Missouri was established in 1887 by Mr. Anderson W. Harris. It is located 20 miles northwest of Milan, 30 miles northeast of Trenton, and 50 miles west of Kirksville. It had a depot, Methodist Church, Christian Church, Baptist Church, post office, bank, drug store, blackshop, barber shop, grocery store, lumber yard, livery stable, garage, service station, elevator, college, school, opera house, fair grounds, and many other businesses. The only buildings still standing are the Baptist Church, Christian Church, garage, and the service station. The town burnt down in 1970 and in 1982.
     There are many families that live in Harris including, Anderson, Auxier, Barnes, Barnett, Barton, Baugher, Boatman, Bragg, Brown, Burton, Bumgarner, Watson, Butcher, Carter, Clark, Clem, Cochran, Collins, Cook, Durman, Farley, Fassett, Fish, Fisher, Foster, King, Haley, Harris, Henderson, Jobe, Leonard, McClaran, McCULLOUGH, McLAUGHLIN, McGEE, Martin, Miller, Purdy, Putnam, Reger, Roach, Rhoades, Rush, Triplett, Tipton, Todd, Walker, Wise, and many more.
     The Baptist and Christian church are in bad shape. I was wondering if you could inform people to keep them up and running or just to keep Harris running, because the Baptist church was built in 1888, and the Christian church in 1890. I'm sure if the churches were to have services again, they would get a good group of members. The Asbury church is the same way and it was built in 1887.
Sincerely, Clint Johnson.
     This was written by my grandson who is 13 years old and extremely interested in Harris and surrounding areas. I was born in Wintersville, Mo , now live in Holt, Mo , We still have a farm there , the house I was born in, Clint loves it as much as I do. My great grandfather ran a general store in Wintersville. His name was DK Cook. On the other side of my family, I am a decendent of the Haley's who were the 2nd settlers in Sullivan County. Thank You, Linda Cook Chandler

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